Arcane Kore @ Bannermans

The Skinny may occasionally baulk on the issue of bands purposefully misspelling their names - especially the old 'K replacing C' malarkey - but we're not going to let some bad education get in the way of a good bit of, er, rawk. Arcane Kore assemble tonight in an incongruous manner best exemplified when a bloke in a tracksuit and baseball cap ambles up to the stage, grabs the microphone and lets rip. That'll be the singer then, largely indecipherable save for the swear words which ring out loud and clear across the venue. But perhaps that's the point. Each member of the band is certainly an accomplished musician, though any attempts at individual virtuosity are quickly bludgeoned into a metal sludge, which soon becomes the theme of the night. Death metal has always been an unlikely genre to win over hearts in a live setting, even if Arcane Kore do have a good krack. [Darren Carle]